For those of you who had/are having outdoor weddings, how are you reserving seats for family? Are you sectioning off rows of seats or putting labels on the individual seats? What are you using to do this?
I am looking for ideas on how to make signs and what to make them out of.
Thanks.

I would simply tie a nice ribbon across the rows that are reserved, on the inside of the aisle. Then before the procession starts, have an usher reserve it.
For the most part though, people know not to sit in the first few rows, and they will be seated ny ushers anyhow.

I reserved two rows on each side. Our aisle markers/things were shepards hooks with grapvine balls that hadd moss and vendella roses in them. I bought pretty Scrapbook paper and ribbon to corridnate with our colors and used a fancy font and printed it on the scrap book paper and threaded ribbon trough and hung it with the grapevine balls.

I've seen people just print out paper saying "Reserved" on it and put it on the seats and then use a stone to prevent it from migrating. Since it depends on the length of the rows and the number of chairs you are reserving, it's better to put signs, cause otherwise guests might sit in the second row (I've been at weddings where only the first row was reserved--heck I've been at weddings where only 3 seats total were reserved!).

Because we can't afford a bunch of extra chairs (we are renting the chairs for our outdoor ceremony) and each row will have 8-10 chairs and neither of us needs that many reserved seats, we are reserving individual chairs for our parents and grandparents (4 on my side, 3 on FHs) with cards I designed on word that say "Reserved for the Mother of the Groom" etc.

Apparently, back in the day, family members who were invited to sit in the first few rows received a pew card in their invitation. Then they present the card to the ushers when they arrive at the ceremony. I doubt I would EVER have the time or energy to do this, but it does sound elegant, doesn't it?